But we'll find out tomorrow. I expect it to be a thunderbolt port [hate the name].

Does thunderbolt video out?

I take it that you didn't notice that the Thunderbolt port was the exact same shape as a mini DisplayPort port?

LightPeak (aka Thunderbolt) supports multiple protocols, including DisplayPort. If the port is the same as mini Display/Port whats stopping you from plugging a mini DisplayPort cable into that thing? Nothing. Based on the leaks today, the new port will be a mini DisplayPort port and a Thunderbolt port in one. Such a port would make perfect sense for the iPad (HD video out and a high speed data connection).

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. —Margaret Thatcher, 1976

I don't think the Pirate Capitalism that resulted in the Credit Crunch was created by a Socialist Government. I think it was Reagan en Maggie (thick as thieves) creating that disaster in the first place.

Apple's invitation is quite cocky. I can't wait to see what they are coming out with because Apple is a company that delivers pretty well. If this is truly the year of the iPad 2, even if it may not have the same specs as the Android tablets, there has to be some form of game changer here.

By the way: in all of Apple's product photography, the products have that diagonal glossy screen because it makes there products look slick and shiny. It is not a real reference of how the product's screen is going to look.

By the way: in all of Apple's product photography, the products have that diagonal glossy screen because it makes there products look slick and shiny. It is not a real reference of how the product's screen is going to look.

Yep. You can see it in this stock photo from Apple's website. Do people seriously think the invite photo is iPad 2.0?

yes, it's frowned upon to end sentences with prepositions. but the correct alternative here is "Come See of What 2011 Will be the Year". if you thought apple's wording was awkward...

Reminds me of a story my ol' linguistics professor liked to tell. Visiting Harvard, he asked a passing student, "Can you please tell me where the Dean's office is at?" To which the student replied, "Good sir, we do not end our sentences with prepositions." Abashed, my ol' prof corrected himself: "Sorry about that. Can you please tell me where the Dean's office is at, asshole?"

Reminds me of a story my ol' linguistics professor liked to tell. Visiting Harvard, he asked a passing student, "Can you please tell me where the Dean's office is at?" To which the student replied, "Good sir, we do not end our sentences with prepositions." Abashed, my ol' prof corrected himself: "Sorry about that. Can you please tell me where the Dean's office is at, asshole?"

One of my profs from long ago, if asked a question that ended with "at", would respond...

"Between the 'a' and the 't'."

Ten years ago, we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Today we have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash.

Actually, it's perfectly written. It would be awkward if it weren't a rebuttal to Google's earlier claim. But it packs a punch and gets its message across effectively. One could argue the old "never end with a preposition" saw, but that has been largely discredited. Furthermore, even the most pedantic grammar teachers argue that you can violate any rule if you have a good reason to do so.

And finally, this is the "Think Different" company. That worked out pretty well.

Finally, Apple can implement OpenCL and GCD to use the CPU/GPU cores efficiently. I suspect that Apple will do all it can to allow developers (Apple and 3rd-party) to exploit the OS and hardware with efficient code.

Apple's frameworks like OpenCL, but even basic Quartz and others do this automatically. This is the huge advantage Apple has. As the hardware improves, the existing programs will get boosted performance automatically. Sure, when certain routines are optimized applications can speed up more - but the way the SDK is structured right now, there is quite a bit of automatic optimization going on under the hood.

Such incremental advantages of "The Apple Way" are just going to continue to accelerate the gap between Apple and everyone else.

Boy, it seems insane to have an iPad2 in the spring and an iPad3 in the fall.

How about just on in the summer. Release the iPhone in July, the iPad in August n th th iPod touch in September. Then the iphon can get all th goodies first but the iPad doesn't go months with out them

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Originally Posted by asdasd

I missed the iOS part. Apple never announce software like this. They announce it at WWDC.

I have to agree with those that think this will be another early preview so apps can be ready for the release

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Originally Posted by Rot'nApple

Any rumor as to who will MC the event since Steve is on leave?

Who says Steve can't. Last check he wasn't in a coma or stuck in a hospital bed. And there is no law that says he can't because he is on leave. Who knows perhaps he's about to return to work and the event will be his first day back

How about just on in the summer. Release the iPhone in July, the iPad in August n th th iPod touch in September. Then the iphon can get all th goodies first but the iPad doesn't go months with out them

Putting the iPad after the iPhone makes people demand everything the iPhone has in the iPad. Apple doesn't want to do that.

Well I had already prior to posting, obviously it was missed, saw it the second time around.

So sorry to inconvenience you, god forbid you just link it in the first place.

Wow, God forbid I did link it, maybe I should edit the link out to make you happy. In the future if you don't want the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Throw-downs that are little more than calling for links are generally poor form and indicate laziness.

There are ways you could have worded things differently to avoid the implication of "I didn't see the pic, so prove it!". An implication only enhanced by the absolute ease which I found the first three of the pics in about 15seconds including page load times. When it's that easy, most call-out folks are BS-ing about having looked at all. If you did look, you did so in an exceptionally lackadaisical manner. However you want the situation skinned, getting pissy over it when the link was offered didn't help.

Wow, God forbid I did link it, maybe I should edit the link out to make you happy. In the future if you don't want the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Throw-downs that are little more than calling for links are generally poor form and indicate laziness.

There are ways you could have worded things differently to avoid the implication of "I didn't see the pic, so prove it!". An implication only enhanced by the absolute ease which I found the first three of the pics in about 15seconds including page load times. When it's that easy, most call-out folks are BS-ing about having looked at all. If you did look, you did so in an exceptionally lackadaisical manner. However you want the situation skinned, getting pissy over it when the link was offered didn't help.

I went to the pages where they go over the features of the ipad and iphone, that detail wasn't there.

It is obvious now, but when I went to look I simply did not look at the mac lineup, the comment I read was comparing the iphone and ipad, and I just focused in on those too much and missed the Forest for the trees in that regard. I clearly see now the line on the nano, macbook pros, imac, etc....

I asked for a link, particularly as I assume you pulled the image off the page - why not just link it from the get?

I was a smart ass because that was the road you went down in your response, Implying people were idiots for not seeing it to begin with. I think you assumed some inference in my initial request and responded based on the assumption that I was calling you a liar, which I wasn't.

I had just been to numerous pages on apples site and had not run into the one you posted.

It is obvious now, but when I went to look I simply did not look at the mac lineup, the comment I read was comparing the iphone and ipad, and I just focused in on those too much and missed the Forest for the trees in that regard. I clearly see now the line on the nano, macbook pros, imac, etc....

I asked for a link, particularly as I assume you pulled the image off the page - why not just link it from the get?

Are you as daft as you just made yourself out to be?

I didn't make the post you asked for a link to! hentaiboy did. I just provided the link to an apparent lazy whiner.

I was a smart ass because that was the road you went down in your response, Implying people were idiots for not seeing it to begin with. I think you assumed some inference in my initial request and responded based on the assumption that I was calling you a liar, which I wasn't.

I had just been to numerous pages on apples site and had not run into the one you posted.

You were a smart ass because you took offense to being called lazy. Which you confirmed AGAIN by still not noticing that the original linker and the link provider (me) are different posters.

If it was so bloody simple for little old me to find the multiple versions of hentaiboy's pic without having posted it originally, you must have been really sloppy or not looking at all. Open your damn eyes and SEE! There's a whole damn world out there ready to be discovered if you are willing to actually pay attention to even gross level detail.

No, that link you provided does not have those markings on the ipad renderings, unless my browser goes to a different page that yours.

Again, I never claimed it didn't exist, I said I didn't SEE IT. Asking for a link on a forum is pretty standard stuff. I didn't ask for it with any sort of attitude.

You brought the attitude.

Enough already, I said I went there but missed the forest for the trees by not looking around enough. It wasn't laziness, I went and looked, just obviously in the wrong places. You are giving me links even now that do not show what you are claiming they show.

For every picture you can link showing an ipad with that line, I can show you ten rendering on the apple site that do not, so I just dont get your pompous attitude.

I missed it and admitted as much.

Why you needed to post again berating me for that - I have no idea. Its seriously not a big deal. Ease up off your insults.